Editing RELX (section)

===Privacy===
As a [[data broker]] Reed Elsevier collected, used, and sold data on millions of consumers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=0d2b3642-6221-4888-a631-08f2f255b577|title=A Review of the Data Broker Industry: Collection, Use, and Sale of Consumer Data for Marketing Purposes|publisher=US Senate|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> In 2005, a [[Computer security|security breach]] occurred through a recently purchased subsidiary, Seisint, which allowed identity thieves to steal the records of at least 316,000 people.<ref name="seisint-settlement">{{cite web|url=http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2008/03/agency-announces-settlement-separate-actions-against-retailer-tjx|title=Agency Announces Settlement of Separate Actions Against Retailer TJX, and Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers Data|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Federal Trade Commission|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> The database contained names, current and prior addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers and [[Social Security number]]s, among other data obtained from credit reporting agencies and other sources. In 2008 the company settled an action taken against it by the [[Federal Trade Commission]] for multiple failures of security practice in how the data was stored and protected. The settlement required Reed Elsevier and Seisint to establish and maintain a comprehensive security program to protect nonpublic personal information.<ref name="seisint-settlement"/>